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Ford suv with a california license plate. caught on video. an illinois police officer barely avoids being struck by a train. the ordeal caught on the officers dash cam. the officer approaching the tracks as the train came speeding. warning lights can be seen flashing, but not until the moment barrels by. the incident is blamed on the electrical problem with the crossing gate. >> that is terrifying. i look both ways no matter what. im so terrified that there is a crossing gate problem. a man ...

Swerving dramatically to the left, as a train blows right through. another car, you saw, almost got struck, and the crossing gate not closing until after the train passed. authorities acknowledged a mechanical failure. now, to the 6-year-old caught red-handed. >> alexa, whats five minus three? >> five minus three equals two. >> not exactly a tutor there. a new jersey mom sharing the moment she busted her son using an alexa, amazons virtual assistant, to cheat on his math homework. the understa...

Glad it ended with nobody getting hurt. tom? >> gio benitez for us tonight. gio, thank you. and when we come back, the twin mall brawls the day after christmas. police say hundreds of teens involved at two shopping malls in the same state, and now, authorities are reviewing the footage as they search for suspects. plus, the dangerous malfunction on the tracks. a train blowing right through, barely missing drivers before the crossing gate comes down. stay with us. ienist said going electric c...

Traveling from right to left as you guys were showing it on the screen. i dont know if there was gates at this crossing. it was hard to see because it was obstructed. but there are a set of red lights that you will see there. and i noticed from early on in the footage they werent activated but they may have shut those off maamly at the site. and then i noticed the when train was pulling out of there again they werent flashing. but that could be that they were manually shut down. but, also someth...

Take a look here. you see that take place. thats dash cam video. this is recording a fiery crash between a train and a truck in new york city. this appears to be the crossing gate. it was not working properly here. the video was taken from another truck near the railroad crossing. gate stays up. its lights do not come on. you see that there? truckers say thats been an ongoing problem there. a lot of close calls. only minor injuries in this accident. maybe theyll get it worked out now. and in s...

This is the third train crash after incidents in new york and california. the arms of the crossing gate were not down at the beginning of the incident. 40 minutes after the hour. it is tube top weather. the early thaw coming across the country. lets get the latest from meteorologist pedram javaheri. >> john and christine, the wet weather going to be hampering a lot of travel across the south mainly in the gulf coast and by the early afternoon hours, some of the wet storms will make way to wash...

Them personally. i met their wives. it was truly an honor to be in their presence these guys are true american heroes. >> reporter: one is still critical this morning a spokesperson with union pacific railroad says the crossing gate and the lights were functional at this crossing. but some eyewitnesses, martha, say the gate was not operational. martha: was the gate down, casey, at the time? >> reporter: thats what is really unclear right now. you know how sometimes the gates go down, weve all be...

More and more, it is a hassle to fly because 33 percent of the time you will be late. how does american convince people to still fly with them? >>guest: what it has to do is, like the nfl, realize that the time has come to settle with the pilots first. public relations fixes the action first. you fix the performance. they have to sit down, knock out a new contract with the piles. then they can start talking about working their way back to reliability with a better reputation. >>trace: thank good...

The aircraft frame in this case, they had a bunch of seats that popped out. the inspections on those 757s should be completed by sometime tomorrow, bill. >> bill: scary moment for the folks on board. thank you, trace. two trains collided with semi trucks at two different locations in california. the latest i want happened yesterday afternoon near fresno. a truck driver in the hospital, but investigators say he will survive. and the three people on the freight train are said to be unhurt. that ...

Maintenance during account seats were removed and reinstalled. but there is concerns the problems could be linked to labor at american. amtrak service shut down in central california where a train derailed and injuring at least 20 people there. the train with 169 people on board headed from oakland to bakersfield when a truck blew through the crossing gate. three cars knocked over. passengers, including a newborn baby tossed around like rag dolls. >> it hit so hard, the baby flew on the other ...